Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-03-10
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Tue K,ns's sistsr sacsiiiess llsrssN 70 shs
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Tue kias's sister sacsiiieea Hssssn 10 the
0oddsss Ps,s.
There Ia weeping and wailing among the
mild-eysd Ksnskes In this far Oh Kingdom
Of the Sunset Sea, Hawaii All that 10 NOR.
tai OF the we'll. beloved Princess Like Like.
the youngest sister OF Hls Majesty King
KaiakauA will be dlsposited on the asth
Inst, sido by side with those OF the other
psrsonages who have gone befofe TO their
las, restlns place In the royal mausolsum.
The princess WAS Q woman Of more than
ordinary intelligence, aud had Improved
herself by much reading and study. Her
mannera we're easy and graceful. She was
the vile OF A. n Cieghorn, ct ono time .
member Of the kings cabinet and BY him
had one child, a little girl nov nine years
Of sge. This lit,lo miss, provided sho lives
,.ma ~ IL n =; ,so ss IL. ss' lnsSo In :Ss
being In the line Of succession 70 tho
throne.
Hut otwi,hs,xnding tho intelligence Of
Like Lke-the constant intercourse she had
had with tho foreign population Tor years
and years-thers was yet Q atrsin Of natural
superstition In her composition OF which she
could not rid herself, and to this, II reports
be true, We may nov attribute her untimely
taking OIL For centuries back, or - far ~
run the Hawaiian annals, there has been
belief among the people that the eruptions OF
Mauna Loa aud Kilauea were tho means
taken by the goddess Pele To show her dis.
pleasure OF mortal events. IL was also held
soothsayers encouraged the boiiei-thas the
only means to sppsass the goddess' wrath
wss by tho sacrince Of some Of the royal
family. Time and again, when those awful
volcanoes have deluged the surrounding
country with their fiery how and shaken ths
cotsl Islands to their centre, has this human
sacrifice taken place, whether with the de-
sired effect or not the chronicers say not.
The volcano Oi Msuna Lna recently broke
out ~ dispstch' 10 the Herald have already
stated, into . vioisnt eruption. This erup
ton, the first In twenty hvs years caused
the su uperstitious natives to believe that Psle
hsd put her war paint on and WAS showing
her anger st the things that be The natives
from their huts watched The lurid light that
ahone upon the mountain top aud knew that
the goddess was reaching out her fiery arms
for victim OF the royal blood. Tho kahu.
ms, who have lately gained once more the
favor OF the king, declared that Pele must TO
appeased tn arrest the fearful doom which
they said must coma
Thsy had not far to search for one who
would make the fearful sacrifice, and while
the rumbling Of the volcano made awful
thunder the Princess Like Like announced
70 the people that she. the Sister OF the king
tho nearest TO the throne-would lay down
her life to stop the awful how. She openly
proclaimed that she gioried 70 make . martyr
Of herself Tor her country and her people ~ d
though In the prime OF life and with the
prospect Of Q crown before her, sho made her
hnai preparations and lay down TO await the
end. Ii 10 said that In this inal proceeding
tho KAhunaa played NO uninportant part,
and that while acting - her guardians and
advisers they were, In fact prsc,icing their
dark arts upon her and hurryipg her onward
70 the end.
Fol-. days and days she lay among these
people, and during all that time not par.
iicio Of food Wa allowed to pass her ltp~
Death was not speedily coming to one 70 iull
Of life and vitality ~ she had been, but star.
vstion did Its work at last and while kshu.
nas at about and their incantations went on
tho spirit Of the princess left her body and
the sacrifice WAS ct an end For twenty days
her remains are to lie In state, and on the
q b the iron portals OF the msusoleum close
IN upon them forever.
That this good woman was cruelty ascri.
ticed 70 the su perstition OF the X kahunAs IL sn
open secret at the islands, but the strangest
part to tell II this, that upon the day OF her
death Msuna Loa the Awful ceased to belch
the lava forth, and for days after was In
comparative quiet, and then tho hoary old
Spothssyers went about among the people
with many q nod and mystic sign, ~ who
should say, Didn't ws foreteli all this ?"
and to-day their power IL greater In the land
than since the days when Captain Cook laid
Zones upon their sandy beach.